Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome
Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome
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USDThe ancient Romans are usually thought of as a monolithic ethnic group, though in fact they formed a self-consciously pluralistic society. In this book, Gary D. Farney explores how senators from Rome's Republican period celebrated and manipulated their ethnic identity to get ahead in Rome's political culture. He examines how politicians from these lands tried to advertise positive aspects of their ethnic identity, how others tried to re-create a negative identity into something positive, and how ethnic identity advertisement developed over the course of Republican history. Finally, in an epilogue, Farney addresses how the various Italic identities coalesced into a singular Italian identity in the Empire, and how Rome's experience with Italic groups informed how it perceived other groups, such as Gauls, Germans, and Greeks.
- Addresses ancient ethnic identity and prejudice
- Examines Roman/ancient political culture
- Explores Roman numismatics
Reviews & endorsements
"Ethnic Identity and Aristocratic Competition in Republican Rome is a very fine work of scholarship. The topic touches on a wide range of important debates in Roman history, and at the same time the core issues of multiculturalism, plurality, ethnicity, and identity politics bear in a timely fashion on contemporary discussions. Different
readers, including the reviewer, will probably not agree with every single argument posited, but this is not surprising in a work that is provocative and original. Farney is to be commended."
-Michael P. Fronda, McGill University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review
Product details
June 2007Hardback
9780521863315
358 pages
235 × 158 × 25 mm
0.616kg
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Table of Contents
- 1. Duae patriae
- 2. Homo Romanus natus in Latio
- 3. Romanus atque Sabinus
- 4. Tusci ac barbari
- 5. Minicipalia illa prodigia
- 6. Transferendo huc quod usquam egregium fuerit.
